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Emanuel Criticizes Chicago Union in Interview

educationnews.org - As the Chicago Teachers Union is set to go head to head with the Chicago Public Schools system in what many believe will be contentious contract negotiations, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has publicly critic...

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Carrots, Sticks, & the Bully Pulpit : Education Next

educationnext.org - By Frederick Hess 02/10/2012 Interesting day at AEI last week. Hosted a lively discussion on “Education 2012: What the Election Year Will Mean for Education Policy,” looking at what the year ahead ...

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nypost.com - School closing? No problem — help is now on the way!After voting to shutter 23 struggling schools, the city’s Department of Education is only now launching what it refers to as “targeted action pla...

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The Joke’s on Us

nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com - February 11, 2012 (GBN News): In a stunning development, GBN News has learned that Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s signature “Race to the Top” program was originally conceived as a practical joke...

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Schools Official Is Chided About Soliciting Donation

nytimes.com - New York City investigators have found that a deputy schools chancellor solicited charitable contributions from executives of Edison Schools, an Education Department vendor for whom he once worked....

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Schools big eyed by conflict board

nydailynews.com - Deputy Schools Chancellor Christopher Cerf violated city conflict-of-interest law by soliciting a $60,000 charitable contribution from executives of his former firm while the company did business w...

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Hot News & Views | AlterNet

alternet.org - Want to get the latest on America's drug & rehab culture? Sign up for The Fix's newsletter here. More than 20 years ago, Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-founder, was being considered by President G...

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Hope College. Mea Culpa. « Fred Klonsky

preaprez.wordpress.com - Ben Velderman of AEG does not represent the students of Hope College. Back last March when Ben Velderman of the right-wing anti-union Michigan-based Education Action Group had made a FOIA request o...

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Senate supports new tuition rate for illegal immigrants

denverpost.com - Colorado's Democratic Senate gave preliminary approval Friday to a measure that would set a new tuition rate for residents who are illegal immigrants.Republicans weren't swayed. This year's immigra...

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A Father. « Student Activism

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A Father. « Student Activism:A Father.by Angus JohnstonImagine a father gives his teenaged daughter a lovely carved wooden box. Imagine she puts her diary in it, and letters she’s written to her fr...

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School Tech Connect: "Shills and Cruel Jokes"

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: "Shills and Cruel Jokes":"Shills and Cruel Jokes"by noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Feeling kind of wobbly here but on the mend. I'll be flopping around in no time. Meanwhile, here's ...

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Obama Goes from 'Change' Candidate to Changed Candidate

thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - Doug Mills/The New York TimesIn his re-election campaign, President Obama, who visited Michigan at the end of January, has shifted his strategy to a more practical focus on holding together a cente...

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Why Illinois SB 512 Is a Devious Ruse

teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - Because we are victims of today’s state (and federal) politics that have created an unethical “winner-take-all” economy for wealthy egomaniacs at the expense of everyone else; because we are victim...

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Daily Kos: CPAC straw poll results

dailykos.com - will add my comments after posting and the Presidential result at the bottom - because they did not give it until last balloting from ( AM Thursday until 1 PM today, according to Tony Fabrizio, Re...

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Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48

latimesblogs.latimes.com - February 11, 2012 | 5:15 pm Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died. She was 48. Publicist Kristen Foster said...

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Parents: Hazed students not allowed to play sports

boston.com - JACKSON, Miss.—The parents of two boys who say they were punched during high school baseball hazing rituals say they're being victimized again -- this time because they aren't being allowed to play...

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School Tech Connect: The Other Learning Problem

bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: The Other Learning Problem:The Other Learning Problemby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)Go read this, including the comments.I agree. Incidentally, technology is not going to change t...

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